Charles Anderson Wickliffe, the father of Robert C. Wickliffe, was
the 14th Governor of Kentucky, and later the U. S. Postmaster General.
Notable services of Charles A. Wickliffe:

Admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1809An aid on the 1812 staff of General
WinlockAn aid on the staff of General CaldwellSix term member of Kentucky House of Representatives, Speaker in 1834U. S.
House of Representatives 1823 - 1833Lt. Governor
of Kentucky 1836Succeeded to Governor of Kentucky in 1839 following death of Governor ClarkU. S.
Postmaster General 1841 - 1845Presidential
Envoy for potential Texas annexation - 1845Member State
Constitutional Convention - 1849Member
Washington Peace Conference - 1861Two more terms as member of Kentucky
House of Representatives 1861 -1863Delegate to
Democratic National Convention - 1864

appointed Gen. John Bennet Dawson as
New Orleans Post Master. Gen. Dawson was the father of Anna Ruffin
Dawson, who was the wife of Robert Charles Wickliffe, future governor of
Louisiana and son of Charles Anderson Wickliffe.